Frederick Keppel (bishop)

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The Right Reverend Frederick Keppel
Bishop of Exeter

Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	1762–1777
Predecessor	George Lavington
Successor	John Ross
Other post(s)	Dean of Windsor (1765–1777)
Personal details
Born	(1728-01-19)19 January 1728
Died	27 December 1777(1777-12-27) (aged 49)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle Lady Anne Lennox
Spouse	Laura Walpole (married 1758)
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Frederick Keppel (19 January 1728 – 27 December 1777^[1]) was a Church of England clergyman, Bishop of Exeter.

Background

Keppel was the fifth and fourth surviving son of Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and his wife Lady Anne Lennox, daughter of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, illegitimate son of King Charles II.^[2] His older brothers were George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, who had succeeded their father as earl, Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, an admiral, raised to the peerage in his own right and the politician and military commander Hon. William Keppel.^[2]

He entered Westminster School in 1743, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 26 June 1747, graduating B.A. in 1752, M.A. in 1754, and D.D., by diploma, on 19 October 1762.

Career

After his graduation, Keppel was appointed Canon of the Eleventh Stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor in 1754, acting as chaplain first to King George II of Great Britain and then to the latter's son King George III of the United Kingdom.^[3] He was consecrated as Bishop of Exeter in 1762^[4] and became Dean of Windsor as well as consequently Register of the Order of the Garter three years later, holding all three posts until his death in 1777.^[3]

Family

On 13 September 1758, he married Laura Walpole, sister of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh and eldest daughter of the Hon Edward Walpole, a son of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford.^[1] They had four children, three daughters and one son:^[1]

Anna Maria (d. 1836), who married Lt.-Gen. William Stapleton. They had one son, Lt.-Col. John Horace Stapleton.
Frederick (12 Nov 1762-12 Apr 1830), who married Louisa Clive, daughter George Clive MP. They had three sons.
Laura (14 Mar 1765-29 Jun 1798), who married George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton. They had two daughters, of which one, Georgiana, married her cousin Lt.-Col. John Stapleton.
Charlotte Augusta (1771-1852), who married Robert Foote, Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber and High Sheriff of Kent. They had no known issue.

Keppel died in 1777 and his wife survived him until 1813.^[5] His daughter Laura was wife of George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 136.
^ ^a ^b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 22.
^ ^a ^b Collins, Arthur (1812). Sir Egerton Brydges (ed.). Collin's Peerage of England. Vol. I. London: T. Bensley. pp. 740–741.
^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 351.
^ "ThePeerage - Rt. Rev. Hon. Frederick Keppel". Retrieved 25 December 2006.
^ Oliver, George (1861). Lives of the Bishops of Exeter and a History of the Cathedral. Exeter: William Roberts. pp. 163–164.

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Lavington	Bishop of Exeter 1762–1777	Succeeded by John Ross
Preceded by Peniston Booth	Dean of Windsor 1765–1777	Succeeded by John Harley

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High Medieval	Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton
Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman
Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay
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